“Morning mummy, something smells good!”
“Good morning sweetie”
“Where’s dad?”
“Oh, he’s in the garden. I swear, I think he loves those plants more than me!”
“Ha ha”
There’s a knock at the door.
“Can you get that dear?”
“Of course!”
Tommy rushes to open the door, to be greeted by Mr. Smith, the postman.
“Good morning little Tommy! Is your daddy home?”
“Morning Mr. Smith! He’s in the garden, I think you can just go on through”
“Oh thank you Tom! Such a good little boy you have there Barb”
“Oh he’s an angel! Eric’s in the garden with his plants. You know, I think…”
Mr. Smith and Barb together at the same time say..
“..he loves those plants more than me/you…”
They both laugh.
“Eric dear, it’s Peter Smith to see you..”
“Peter! You’re early!”
“Ha, I know. It’s that sweet ish you got. I’m a fiend for it! Haha”
“Only the finest round here! What can I do for you?”
“Well, I have a fifty right here just burning a hole in my pocket!”
“Ah! Well lets see then…I have some of that Lemon Kush you liked last time”
“Hmm…it made me a bit sleepy and I’m just about to start my round. Anything a bit giggly?”
“Oh, giggly? Let me see…what about this Acapulco Gold. It’ll wake you up!”
“Maybe, maybe. What else?”
“Well, I have Purple Kush..”
“Hmm..”
“Sour Diesel?”
“Maybe”
“Granddaddy Purple, Afghan Kush, LA Confidential?”
“Anything else?”
“Lets see…Maui Wowie?”
“Nah”
“Golden Goat?”
“mmm”
“Northern Lights? White Widow?”
“…”
“Super Silver Haze?”
“I mean they all sound good…”
“Pineapple Express?”
“…come on Eric…what’s in the green house..?”
“…you’ve been talking to Maragaret at the book club..”
“…you got me…”
“OK Eric. For you. But DON’T tell anyone else, OK? It’s still at the testing stage”
“I won’t I won’t”
They go to the back of the green house where Eric opens a safe and removes one joint. Peter is nearly knocked to the floor by the smell. Eric throws him a knowing smile.
“W-what IS that!?”
“This, is the Purple Widow Maker Jimi Hendrix Dong Super Sayan Holy Vortex Buddha’s Anus Afghanistan Invasion Weapon of Mass Destruction! It’s a working title”
“I’ll take it!”
“Not so fast! You can’t have this and expect to go out on your round! You’ll be driving into the sea trying to deliver Mrs. Patton her knitting patterns! Here, have this and come back to me after your round is done”
“My man Eric! I’ll see you then”
Peter turns to leave but remembers he has a letter for Eric.
“Nearly forgot. Electric bill I think”
“Thank you Peter! See you later”
Eric goes to the kitchen and opens the bill for this month, which reads a four figure sum!
“Darling, look at this! Bring Tommy!”
Eric, Barb and little Tommy stand together, looking at the exorbitant bill for one month of electricity. They look at each other lovingly, and together, as a family, they laugh and laugh and laugh.
“You know something”, Eric says to his family, “I think I do love those plants more than you!”
